[MLB-WIRELESS] How can I make a portable wireless delivery system?

[mw at freenet.net.au]

Hi Peter,

What a cool concept! :)

If I were going to do something like that, I'd use a Mikrotik router like
this: http://shop.duxtel.com.au/product_info.php?products_id=45

With a case and power supply, less 10% MW member discount, the whole package
comes in under $200.

Then, you add your html docs to the built in web server just by
drag-and-drop from any PC.  If there is an internet service available, you
could even hook it up and run it as a captive portal to provide access to
the estate agent's web site.

Come to think of it, this would also be a cool service to offer to estate
agents to give "window shoppers" access to their web site.

I know it's not a way to use up your old laptop, but for a really simple,
effective, and highly portable solution, you have to consider something like
this.

Cheers!

Mike Everest.

DuxTel Pty Ltd
www.duxtel.com.au
Outdoor and Long Range Wireless Specialists
Shop.duxtel.com.au
Your One-Stop Wireless HotSpot Shop

> -----Original Message-----
> From: melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au
> [mailto:melbwireless-bounces at wireless.org.au] On Behalf Of Peter Berrett
> Sent: Sunday, 7 December 2008 3:33 PM
> To: melbwireless at melbournewireless.org.au
> Subject: [MLB-WIRELESS] How can I make a portable wireless delivery
> system?
> 
> 
> Hi all
> 
> Can someone please help me with a project I want to put together and
> test out.
> 
> I have an old slow laptop - a Toshiba 1550CDS. I also have a small USB
> wireless adaptor that I can use with it for netstumbling and such. There
> is no important software on the laptop to speak of. It is running
> Windows XP but I don't wish to switch to Linux.
> 
> What I want to do (in Windows) is reconfigure the laptop using my wifi
> adaptor so that it will act as a sort of portable wireless delivery
> system. By this I mean the wifi would be an Access Point with DHCP
> running and provide access to a prepared web page on the hard drive.
> 
> The purpose of this is to make a simple portable wireless delivery
> system. Let's say for example, I was selling my house. I could turn my
> laptop on and place it in the house. It would not be connected to the
> internet - just a standalone laptop permanently on. I would then put a
> message on the real estate board outside telling people to connect their
> wirelessly enabled laptops to '123 Hobart Street' (ssid of laptop). When
> they did so and opened up their browser they would be automatically
> taken to a webpage which would have details about the house and pictures
> of the inside.
> 
> Another use might be at a local festival. You take the laptop along and
> set it up and people can login and get information about the festival,
> where the toilets are etc.
> 
> So I need some way to configure windows to allow people to connect using
> their laptop and be taken automatically to a web page of my choosing on
> the hard drive of the laptop.
> 
> How can I do this without adding any extra hardware and in Windows XP?
> 
> Hoping someone can help
> 
> Regards Peter
> 
> 
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